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SpaceX Crew Dragon Crew-2 Launch 🔴 Live

By |2021-04-23T07:00:43-04:00April 23rd, 2021|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

SpaceX will launch the the second operational mission of its Crew Dragon vehicle as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Transportation Capability Program (CCtCap), carrying two NASA astronauts, one JAXA astronaut, and one ESA astronaut to the International Space Station. This mission will be the second operational crewed flight to launch from the United States since [...]

SpaceX Starship to land NASA Astronauts on the Moon!

By |2021-04-18T20:22:15-04:00April 18th, 2021|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected #SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next two American astronauts to the lunar surface. At least one of those astronauts will make [...]

Blue Origin New Shepard NS-15 Launch 🔴 Live

By |2021-04-14T13:38:13-04:00April 14th, 2021|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Building on the incremental mission successes for the vehicle over the course of the program’s flight history, NS-15 is a verification step prior to soon flying astronauts. This mission will execute a rehearsal of astronaut movements and timing for future astronaut flights. One of the primary operations will entail Blue Origin personnel (“astronauts”) entering the [...]

SpaceX Starlink 23 Launch 🔴 Live

By |2021-04-07T14:43:39-04:00April 7th, 2021|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Starlink-23 will lift off from SLC-40. Cape Canaveral, on a Falcon 9 rocket. In the weeks following deployment, the 60 Starlink satellites will use their onboard ion thrusters to reach their operational altitude of 550 km.This will be the 7th flight of B1058. B1058 holds the bragging rights for launching the first crewed orbital mission [...]

SpaceX Crew Dragon Crew-1 Relocation ISS Docking 🔴 Live

By |2021-04-05T08:19:58-04:00April 5th, 2021|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts aboard the International Space Station will mark another first for commercial spaceflight Monday, April 5, when the four astronauts will relocate the Crew Dragon spacecraft to prepare for the arrival of new crew members in late April and the upcoming delivery of new solar arrays this summer.Live coverage will begin at [...]

SpaceX Starship SN11 10km High Altitude Test Flight 🔴 LIVE

By |2021-03-30T10:58:00-04:00March 30th, 2021|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Starship SN11, equipped with three sea-level Raptor engines will attempt a high-altitude hop at SpaceX's development and launch site in Boca Chica, Texas. For this test, the vehicle will ascend to an altitude of approximately 10km, before moving from a vertical orientation (as on ascent), to horizontal orientation, in which the broadside (+ z) of [...]

SpaceX Starship SN10 Flight Reaction & Explosion

By |2021-03-04T08:00:29-05:00March 4th, 2021|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On Wednesday, March 3, SpaceX's Starship serial number (SN10) successfully completed the third high-altitude flight test of a Starship prototype from the SpaceX site in Cameron County, Texas.Similar to the high-altitude flight tests of Starship SN8 and SN9, SN10 was powered through ascent by three Raptor engines, each shutting down in sequence prior to the [...]

SpaceX Starship SN10 10km High Altitude Test Flight 🔴 [SCRUBBED ATTEMPT]

By |2021-03-03T16:10:56-05:00March 3rd, 2021|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Starship SN10, equipped with three sea-level Raptor engines will attempt a high-altitude hop at SpaceX's development and launch site in Boca Chica, Texas. For this test, the vehicle will ascend to an altitude of approximately 10km (confirmed), before moving from a vertical orientation (as on ascent), to horizontal orientation, in which the broadside (+ z) [...]

SpaceX Starlink 17 Launch 🔴 [FEB 28 SCRUB]

By |2021-02-28T21:58:53-05:00February 28th, 2021|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The 17th operational batch of Starlink satellites (18th overall) will lift off from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center, on a Falcon 9 rocket. In the weeks following deployment the Starlink satellites will use onboard ion thrusters to reach their operational altitude of 550 km. Falcon 9's first stage will attempt to land on a [...]

SpaceX Starship SN9 10 km High Altitude Test Flight 🔴 Live

By |2021-02-02T17:32:23-05:00February 2nd, 2021|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Starship SN9, equipped with three sea-level Raptor engines will attempt a high-altitude hop at SpaceX's development and launch site in Boca Chica, Texas. For this test, the vehicle will ascend to an altitude of approximately 10km (confirmed), before moving from a vertical orientation (as on ascent), to horizontal orientation, in which the broadside (+ z) [...]

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